Spin wrote:It would be different if we were simply beat because we didn't have the skills they do. But that's bullcrap. We have much better training and nutrition technology and facilities than the last 3 teams we played. We have players who play in First Division leagues around the world. Aston Villa. AC Milan. Rangers. Borussia Mönchengladbach. West Ham United.

Where do you think Ghana's players play?

They don't live, play and train in Ghana that's for sure.

They take advantage of the the exact same nutrition and training facilities that the US team does by playing in top clubs throughout Europe too.

Like I said before the game, Ghana are a very talented team but, like with a l;ot of African nations, they can be hit and miss.

Helluva effort from the Slovakian goaltender here, who is keeping the Slovaks in this one with a series of great saves. Dutch bringing constant pressure ... this is a talented team. Slovaks with a couple real good chances to knot this thing at 1-1 here. 20 minutes left, time running out.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

Well, now its over. The Dutch move on to the final 8 against the winner of Brazil/Chile, with Uruguay/Ghana the unlikely other duo on that half of the bracket. Could this be the year the Dutch break through after several disappointing World Cups in a row?

Be a little easier for em if my Chile upset special of Brazil comes through this afternoon.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

That was one of the worst soccer games I have seen in my life. Netherlands played dirty, and Spain played like little bitches. The amount of stoppages in play, yellow cards, fake injuries, bad calls, late calls, and frustrated confused looks from the officials were too many to count. The game had no flow and it just flat out sucked to watch.

This was a great World Cup up until that travesty of a game. It deserved a better final. And that final is going to mitigate a lot of the momentum the sport made here in America.

Blah.

Today aside, I became a much bigger fan of this sport over the last month. And I learned a lot about the sport, both from watching, and reading up online. There are a lot of things I like about it, many of which were laid out in Bill Simmons recent piece on the World Cup. Today though, we saw the bad. We saw ALL the reasons this sport has never caught on mainstream in America, and may never.

I think I'm going to start following the English Premier League loosely this fall.

Eff Spain. Effin embarrassment the way those clowns dive to the ground clutching their legs in false agony after slide tackles where the Dutch guy didn't even touch him. If you gotta do that shit to win ... Jesus. To me, just wouldn't be worth it personally if you gotta win like that.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns